PRESENT PERFECT T

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

AFFIRMATIVE FORM

(with the particle NEVER it has a negative meaning)

SUBJECT

HAVE

They

´ve

NEVER

JUST

PAST

…

SUBJECT

HAS

ALREADY

PARTICIPLE

She

´s

NEGATIVE FORM

SUBJECT

haven't/hasn't

PAST

…

PARTICIPLE

...(yet).

INTERROGATIVE FORM

Have/has

Subject

PAST PARTICIPLE

(yet)…?

Yes, Pronoun have/has

No, Pronoun haven't/hasn't

WH- have/has

Subject

PAST PARTICIPLE

…?

Have/Has

Subject

ever

PAST PARTICIPLE

…?

(EXPERIENCE)

USE OF SINCE & FOR

She has lived in Uruguay since 2001

She has worked for P&G for seven years.

since January

since I met you.

since we got married

SINCE…

A DEFINITE POINT IN TIME (AN OCCASION, MOMENT, EVENT)

since his birthday.

since I was a kid.

for years

for centuries

for 2 days

for some weeks

FOR…

A PERIOD OF TIME

COMPARE:

since last summer

SOME TIME DURING THE PREVIOUS SUMMER

FOR the last summer

THE WHOLE PERIOD

NICE SONGS

Have I told you lately that I Iove you?

by Rod Stewart

Have you ever seen the rain?

by Credence

Rod Stewart

I've never been in love before

Frank Sinatra

Barbara Streisand

etc

We've only just begun

Carpenters

Andy Williams

We've already had enough

Michael Jackson

I just haven't met you yet

Michael Bubblé

You ain't seen nothing yet

Bachman-Turner

I've dreamed of you

B Streisand

Love's never been so nice

M Bubblé

Martina McBride - All The Things We've Never Done

"All The Things We've Never Done"

They drank their anniversary glass

A silent moment passed

Then they kissed

She knows there's something on his mind

He'll tell her in due time

What it is

He says "I've never built

Your mansion on a hill

Or warmed you in the Spanish sun

I simply blink my eye

And think as years fly by

Of all the things we've never done"

She smiles and takes his hand in hers

And says "It just occured

To me now

The thought that brings you such regret

What hasn't happened yet

It makes me proud..."

"You never walked away

When I needed you to stay

Or made me feel I'm not the one

There've been no broken vows

VOW= voto, promesa, compromiso

And there reason we're here now

Is all the things we've never done"

"We've never grown apart

You never broke my heart

With secrets that you've kept me from

We've never been untrue

And I'm still here with you

Through all the things we've never done"

Through all the things we've never done"